About the Authors

Wei Li

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital-New York University School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Mala Ashok

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital-New York University School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Jianhua Li

Affiliation The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Huan Yang

Affiliation The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Andrew E. Sama

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital-New York University School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Haichao Wang

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: hwang@nshs.edu

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital-New York University School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, United States of America, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS HW. Performed the experiments: WL MA. Analyzed the data: WL HW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HY JL. Wrote the paper: HW.